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‘DEI’ purge prompts Pentagon to remove webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
The Pentagon said that the page and others, which were removed under the Trump administration’s wide-ranging crackdown on ...
Japan, US to mark 80th anniversary of Iwo Jima battle amid trade tensions
The visit to the island, some 1,200km south of Tokyo, has been scheduled for March 29 and will mark the 80th anniversary of ...
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America’s Jaw-Dropping Submarine Tactic That Shocked Japan
The Japanese Navy’s best chance to turn the tide in the Pacific came with Vice Admiral Takao Kurita’s audacious plan, launching the First Striking Force—led by the colossal Yamato and Musashi—toward ...
The Economist13d
Alexis Dudden on the firebombing of Tokyo and on post-war struggles to keep it remembered
Alexis Dudden on the firebombing of Tokyo and on post-war struggles to keep it remembered ...
80 years since one of the bloodiest Pacific battles of World War II
80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...
A Plea for Justice for Japan’s So-Called Comfort Women
Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese ...
Japan's Iwaya says the way Ukraine war ends will impact Indo-Pacific
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday he told his counterparts from other Group of Seven countries that U.
USAF restores WWII airbase that launched nuclear bombs on Japan to counter China
The US Air Force restores North Field Airbase, the WWII launch site for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings, to counter China.